Kigali Amendment heralds new dawn for climate change action

In 2018, extreme weather conditions were witnessed across the globe, from wildfires in California to floods in India.

Extreme weather conditions were witnessed across the globe.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that we only have until 2030 to hold the increase in average global temperature at 1.5°C. After several years of stabilization, global carbon dioxide emissions have risen again.

But 2019 is already with us. On this first day of January, a climate deal that many expect will make a real and positive impact to our warming planet comes into force. This deal is the KigaliAmendment to the Montreal Protocol.

Read the story from the Standard Digital - “Kigali Amendment heralds new dawn for climate change action.”

All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week

Washington: From the normally mild summers of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their hottest weather ever recorded over the past week.

The sun peaks around the Washington Monument as geese
 float down the Potomac River in Washington as a hot day breaks on Sunday.

Large areas of heat pressure or heat domes scattered around the hemisphere led to the sweltering temperatures. No single record, in isolation, can be attributed to global warming. But collectively, these heat records are consistent with the kind of extremes we expect to see increase in a warming world.

Let's take a tour around the world of the recent hot-weather milestones.

Read the story by Jason Samenow from The Age - “All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week.”